Now that they have one of their own in the White House, Republicans in Congress have ambitious plans: overhauling the country's financial regulation, upending health policy, rewriting the new tax code and rebuilding the country's infrastructure.

The first week of June was supposed to be infrastructure week in D.C. President Donald Trump was finally going to roll out some details of his plan to spend $1 trillion rebuilding roads, airports, bridges and waterways around the country, with a decent chance that ribbon-cutting-loving Democrats would work with him.

Exact figures are hard to come by, and things are certain to change, but I'm hearing from knowledgeable sources that roughly 700 workers would lose their jobs at the Chicago area's two big national research labs should President Donald Trump's proposed cuts in spending go forward.